At least 60 youths tested positive for COVID-19 at 2 youth centers in Cebu City and Lapu-Lapu City.
In Lapu-Lapu City, 31 children and a social worker at a home care center for children tested positive for COVID-19, the city mayor said Wednesday.
In an interview with TeleRadyo, Mayor Junard Chan said that the infection was discovered after a swab test as a protocol was given to 1 child who was supposed to graduate and go home to Iloilo.
A total of 63 children are being cared for at the said facility, Chan said.
Most of those who tested positive for the virus were from 9 to 10-years-old, but there were also teenagers and a 20-year-old.
“Sa 31 bale, 4 na lang nagkaubo doon. The rest are asymptomatic,” said Chan.
“Binawal na po natin ‘yong pagbisita ng pamilya. In-advise din natin ‘yong mga social worker natin na dapat hindi sila malapit dun sa mga bata,” the mayor added.
According to Chan, it is being investigated how COVID-19 came to the home care center even though the children did not come out and the students were in modular learning.
The local government suspects that the more contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 has hit children in the home care center.
31 children at home care in Lapu-Lapu City have COVID-19
In Cebu City, 34 teenagers at a youth center were also hit by COVID-19, according to Councilor Dave Tumulak.
According to Tumulak, the victims ranged in age from 13 to 17.
The youth center is said to be locked down while the source of the virus is being ascertained.
So far, there are more than 3,800 active COVID-19 cases in the city, of which 331 are new cases.
The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines previously announced that the number of children admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 has recently increased.
More and more children are being admitted with COVID-19 in private hospitals, according to the Private Hospitals Association Philippines.
In an interview with Teleradyo, PHAPI President Jose Rene de Grano said that most of the cases coincide with those confined due to other illnesses such as the flu.
As a result, the number of pediatric patients in private hospitals is increasing.
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